英語二2011年真題及答案

1、最新 料推薦2011 年全國碩士研究生入學(xué)統(tǒng)一考試英語(二)試題Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, Cor D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)The Internet affords anonymity to its users, a blessing to privacy and freedom of speech. Butthat very anonym

2、ity is also behind the exploration of cyber-crime that has _1_ across the Web.Can privacy be preserved _2_ bringing safety and security to a world that seems increasingly _3_ ?Last month, Howard Schmidt, the nations cyber-czar, offered the federal government a _4_ to make the web a safer place-a vol

3、untary trusted identity system that would be the high-tech _5_ of a physical key, a fingerprint and a photo ID card, all rolled _6_ one. The system might use a smart identity card, or a digital credential _7_ to a specific computer, and would authenticate users at a range of online services.The idea

4、 is to _8_ a federation of private online identity systems. Users could _9_ whichsystem to join, and only registered users whose identities have been authenticated could navigatethose systems. The approach contrasts with one that would require an Internet drivers license _10_ by the government.Googl

5、e and Microsoft are among companies that already have these single sign-an systems that make it possible for users to _11_ just once but use many different services._12_ , the approach would create a walled garden in cyberspace, with safe neighborhoods and bright streetlights to establish a sense of

6、 a _13_ community.Mr. Schmidt described it as a voluntary ecosystem in which individuals and organizations can complete online transactions with _14_ , trusting the identities of each other and the identities of the infrastructure _15_ which the transaction runs. Still,the administrationsplan has _1

7、6_ privacyrights activists. Some applaud theapproach; others are concerned. It seems clear that such a scheme is an initiative push toward what would _17_ be a compulsory Internet drivers license mentality.The plan has also been greeted with _18_ by some computer security experts, who worry that the

8、 voluntary ecosystem envisioned by Mr. Schmidt would still leave much of the Internet _19_ They argue that all Internet users should be _20_ to register and identify themselves, inthe same way that drivers must be licensed to drive on public roads.1.A sweptB skippedC walkedD ridden2.A forB withinC w

9、hileD though3.A carelessB lawlessC pointlessD helpless4.A reasonB reminderC compromiseD proposal5.A informationB interferenceC entertainmentD equivalent6.A byB intoC fromD over7.A linkedB directedC chainedD compared8.A dismissB discoverC createD improve1最新 料推薦9. A recallB suggestC selectD realize10.

10、A releasedB issuedC distributedD delivered11.A carry onB linger onC set inD log in12.A In vainB In effectC In returnD In contrast13.A trustedB modernizedC thrivingD competing14.A cautionB delightC confidenceD patience15.A onB afterC beyondD across16.A dividedB disappointedC protectedD united17.A fre

11、quentlyB incidentallyC occasionallyD eventually18.A skepticismB toleranceC indifferenceD enthusiasm19.A manageableB defendableC vulnerableD invisible20.A invitedB appointedC allowedD forcedSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each

12、 text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Text 1Ruth Simmons joined Goldman Sachs board as an outside director in January 2000; a year later she became president of Brown University. For the rest of the decade she apparently managed both roles without attracting

13、 much criticism. But by the end of 2009 Mrs. Simmons was under fire for having sat on Goldmans compensation committee; how could she have let those enormous bonus payouts pass unremarked? By February the next year Mrs. Simmons had left the board. The position was just taking up too much time, she sa

14、id.Outside directors are supposed to serve as helpful, yet less biased, advisers on a firms board. Having made their wealth and their reputations elsewhere, they presumably have enough independence to disagree with the chief executives proposals. If the sky, and the share price, is falling, outside

15、directors should be able to give advice based on having weathered their own crises.The researchers from Ohio University used a database that covered more than 10,000 firms and more than 64,000 different directors between 1989 and 2004. Then they simply checked which directors stayed from one proxy s

16、tatement to the next. The most likely reason for departinga board was age, so the researchers concentrated on those surprise disappearances by directors under the age of 70. They found that after a surprise departure, the probability that the company will subsequently have to restate earnings increa

17、ses by nearly 20%. The likelihood of being named in a federal class-action lawsuit also increases, and the stock is likely to perform worse. The effect tended to be larger for larger firms. Although a correlation between them leaving and subsequent bad performance at the firm is suggestive, it does

18、not mean that such directors are always jumping2最新 料推薦off a sinking ship. Often they trade up, leaving riskier, smaller firms for larger and more stable firms.But the researches believe that outside directors have an easier time of avoiding a blow to their reputations if they leave a firm before bad

19、 news break, even if a review of history shows that they were on the board at the time any wrongdoing occurred. Firms who want to keep their outside directors through tough times may have to create incentives. Otherwise outside directors will follow the example of Ms. Simmons, once again very popula

20、r on campus.21. According to Paragraph 1, Ms. Simmons was criticized for _. A gaining excessive profitsB failing to fulfill her dutyC refusing to make compromisesD leaving the board in tough times22. We learn from Paragraph 2 that outside directors are supposed to be_.A generous investorsB unbiased

21、executives C share price forecastersD independent advisers23. According to the researchers from Ohio University, after an outside director s surprise departure, the firm is likely to _.A become more stableB report increased earningsC do less well in the stock marketD perform worse in lawsuits24. It

22、can be inferred from the last paragraph that outside directors _.A may stay for the attractive offers from the firmB have often had records of wrongdoings in the firmC are accustomed to stress -free work in the firmD will decline incentives from the firm25. The author s attitude toward the role of o

23、utside directors is _.A permissiveB positiveC scornfulD criticalText 2Whatever happened to the death of newspapers? A year ago the end seemed near. The recession threatened to remove the advertising and readers that had not already fled to the internet. Newspapers like the San Francisco Chronicle we

24、re chronicling their own doom. Americas Federal Trade Commission launched a round of talks about how to save newspapers. Should they become charitable corporations? Should the state subsidize them? It will hold another meeting soon. But the discussions now seem out of date.In much of the world there

25、 is little sign of crisis. German and Brazilian papers have shrugged off the recession. Even American newspapers, which inhabit the most troubled comer of the global industry, have not only survived but often returned to profit. Not the 20% profit margins that were3最新 料推薦routine a few years ago, but

26、 profit all the same.It has not been much fun. Many papers stayed afloat by pushing journalists overboard. The American Society of News Editors reckons that 13,500 newsroom jobs have gone since 2007. Readers are paying more for slimmer products. Some papers even had the nerve to refuse delivery to d

27、istant suburbs. Yet these desperate measures have proved the right ones and, sadly for many journalists, they can be pushed further.Newspapers are becoming more balanced businesses, with a healthier mix of revenues from readers and advertisers. American papers have long been highly unusual in their

28、reliance on ads. Fully 87% of their revenues came from advertising in 2008, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD). In Japan the proportion is 35%. Not surprisingly, Japanese newspapers are much more stable.The whirlwind that swept through newsrooms harmed everyb

29、ody, but much of the damagehas been concentrated in areas where newspapers are least distinctive. Car and film reviewers have gone. So have science and general business reporters. Foreign bureaus have been savagely cut off. Newspapers are less complete as a result. But completeness is no longer a vi

30、rtue in the newspaper business.26. By saying Newspapers like theirdoom(Lineown 3, Para. 1), the author indicates thatnewspapers _.A neglected the sign of crisisB failed to get state subsidiesC were not charitable corporationsD were in a desperate situation27. Some newspapers refused delivery to dist

31、ant suburbs probably because_.A readers threatened to pay lessB newspapers wanted to reduce costsC journalists reported little about these areasD subscribers complained about slimmer products28. Compared with their American counterparts, Japanese newspapers are much more stable because they _.A have

32、 more sources of revenueB have more balanced newsroomsC are less dependent on advertisingD are less affected by readership29. What can be inferred from the last paragraph about the current newspaper business? A Distinctiveness is an essential feature of newspapers.B Completeness is to blame for the

33、failure of newspaper.C Foreign bureaus play a crucial role in the newspaper business.D Readers have lost their interest in car and film reviews.30. The most appropriate title for this text would be _. A American Newspapers: Struggling for SurvivalB American Newspapers: Gone with the windC American N

34、ewspapers: A Thriving BusinessD American Newspapers: A Hopeless StoryText 3We tend to think of the decades immediately following World War 11 as a time of prosperity4最新 料推薦and growth, with soldiers returning home by the millions, going off to college on the G. I. Bill and lining up at the marriage b

35、ureaus.But when it came to their houses, it was a time of common sense and a belief that less couldtruly be more. During the Depression and the war, Americans had learned to live with less, andthat restraint, in combinationwith the postwar confidence in the future, made small, efficienthousing posit

36、ively stylish.Economic condition was only a stimulus for the trend toward efficient living. The phrase less is more was actually first popularized by a German, the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, who like other people associated with the Bauhaus, a school of design, emigrated to the United State

37、s before World War and took up posts at American architecture schools. These designers came to exert enormous influence on the course of American architecture, but none more so than Mies.Mies signature phrase means that less decoration, properly organized, has more impact thana lot. Elegance, he bel

38、ieved, did not derive from abundance. Like other modern architects, heemployed metal, glass and laminated wood - materials that we take for granted today but that inthe1940s symbolized the future. Miess sophisticated presentation masked the fact that the spaceshe designed were small and efficient, r

39、ather than big and often empty.The apartments in the elegant towers Mies built on Chicagos Lake Shore Drive, for example, were smaller - two-bedroom units under 1,000 square feet - than those in their older neighbors along the citys Gold Coast. But they were popular because of their airy glass walls

40、, the views they afforded and the elegance of the buildings details and proportions, the architectural equivalent of the abstract art so popular at the time.The trend toward less was not entirely foreign. In the 1930s Frank Lloyd Wright started building more modest and efficient houses - usually aro

41、und 1,200 square feet - than the spreading two-story ones he had designed in the 1890s and the early 20th century.The Case Study Houses commissioned from talented modern architects by California Arts& Architecture magazine between 1945 and 1962 were yet another homegrown influence on the less is mor

42、e trend. Aesthetic effect came from the landscape, new materials and forthright detailing. In his Case Study House, Ralph Rapson may have mispredicted just how the mechanical revolution would impact everyday life - few American families acquired helicopters, though most eventually got clothes dryers

43、 - but his belief that self-sufficiency was both desirable and inevitable was widely shared.31. The postwar American housing style largely reflected the Americans_.A prosperity and growthB efficiency and practicalityC restraint and confidenceD pride and faithfulness32. Which of the following can be

44、inferred from Paragraph 3 about the Bauhaus? A It was founded by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.B Its designing concept was affected by World War I1. C Most American architects used to be associated with it.D It had a great influence upon American architecture.33. Mies held that elegance of architectural

45、design _.A was related to large spaceB was identified with emptiness5最新 料推薦C was not reliant on abundant decorationD was not associated with efficiency34. What is true about the apartments Mies built on Chicagos Lake Shore Drive? A They ignored details and proportions.B They were built with material

46、s popular at that time. C They were more spacious than neighboring buildings.D They shared some characteristics of abstract art.35. What can we learn about the design of the Case Study Houses ?A Mechanical devices were widely used.B Natural scenes were taken into account.C Details were sacrificed fo

47、r the overall effect.D Eco-friendly materials were employed.Text 4Will the European Union make it? The question would have sounded strange not long ago. Now even the projects greatest cheerleaders talk of a continent facing a Bermuda triangle of debt, population decline and lower growth.As well as t

48、hose chronic problems, the EU faces an acute crisis in its economic core, the 16 countries that use the single currency. Markets have lost faith that the euro zones economies, weaker or stronger, will one day converge thanks to the discipline of sharing a single currency, which denies uncompetitive

49、members the quick fix of devaluation.Yet the debate about how to save Europes single currency from disintegration is stuck. It is stuck because the euro zones dominant powers, France and Germany, agree on the need for greater harmonization within the euro zone, but disagree about what to harmonise.G

50、ermany thinks the euro must be saved by stricter rules on borrowing, spending and competitiveness, backed by quasi-automatic sanctions for governments that do not obey. These might include threats to freeze EU funds for poorer regions and EU mega-projects, and even the suspension of a countrys votin

51、g fights in EU ministerial councils. It insists that economic co-ordination should involve all 27 members of the EU club, among whom there is a small majority for free - market liberalism and economic rigour; in the inner core alone, Germany fears, a small majority favour French interference.A south

52、ern camp headed by France wants something different: European economic government within an inner core of euro-zone members. Translated, that means politicians intervening in monetary policy and a system of redistribution from richer to poorer members, via cheaper borrowing for governments through c

53、ommon Eurobonds or complete fiscal transfers. Finally, figures close to the French government have murmured, euro-zone members should agree to some fiscal and social harmonization: e. g. , curbing competition in corporate-tax rates or labour costs.It is too soon to write off the EU. It remains the worlds largest trading block. At its best, the European project is remarkably liberal: built around a single market of 27 rich and poor countries, its internal borders are far more open to goods, capital and labour than any comparable trading area. It is an ambitious attempt to